Animal stanchion



Apr. 10, 1923. v 1,451,402

A. H. NELLER ANIMAL STANCHION Filed Jan 19, 1922 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 10, 1923.

UNITED STATES P ENT FFICE.)

ALBERT H. NELLER, or FAIRFIELD, IOWA, ASSIGNOB, To THE LOUDEN MACHINERY COMPANY, or FAIRFIELD, IOWA, A CORPORATION or IOWA.

ANIMAL STANOHION.

Application filed January 19, 1922. Serial No. 530,362.

T aZZ-wiwmc'zf may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT H. News, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fairfield,' in the county of Jefferson and 5 State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Animal Stanchions of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to. stanchions designed tobe used princi ally in animal pens,

10 such as is shown in my atent 'No. 1,163,440, December 7,1915, of which this invention is designed to be an improvement, and it consists of improved means whereby the stanchion bars will be locked open as well as shut, and of other features which will be described hercin, and which maybe set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, Fig. l is a side elevation of a section of a panel for an animal pen fitted with stanchion bars with a locking mechanism embodying the features of my invention. Fig. '2 is the same showing the stanchion bars ina different position. Fig. 3 is an enlarged'transverse section on line 33 of Fig. 1. Figs. 4:, 5 and 6 are detail views which will be hereafter de-,

scribed.

Referring to the drawings, A represents thetop-rail of a section of a panel for an animal pen, B the uprights or fillers connected to the top.-rail,.and C the curb. in which the uprights or fillers are usually set.

D represents a lower horizontally disposed rail which is usually connected to adjacent uprights by coupling members The stanchion bars'F are pivotally supported at their lower ends by pivot members Gr usually connected to the lower rail D, and are provided at their upper ends with members1H whichare adapted to straddle and slide upon the upper rail A.

Pivotally mounted on'the upper ends of the members H are latches I as most plainly shown by Fig. 4:, having hooks J adapted to hook over catches K secured to the top rail A and thus to hold the stanchion bars in closed position. To hold the stanchion bars locked in open. position the latch members I are provided with hooks L having beveled outer edges placed opposite to the hooks J so that when the latches are turned over on their pivots, these hooks will slide over and catch on projections on the top rail outside of the stanchion bars as shown in Fig. 2.

These projections may be attached to the panel in any suitable manner butfare preferably extensions M formed on the adjacent connect the up-,

It will be noted that the stanchion bars F are operated independenly of each other coupling members N which I right or 'filler'B to the top-rail A. f I

and are not designed under any circumstances to be connected together. Ifdesired,' one of the stanchion bars may be omitted and in that event the animal may be held betweenthe remaining stanchion bar and one of the'fillers B which. may be moved into the position occupied by the omitted stanchion bar, a structure well known the art.

The latch I is designed to operate with a single stanchion bar only, and its operation will in nowise be affected by the removal of the other bar. It is important that the outer edge of the hook'L be beveled so it will au tomatically slide over, and catch on theprojec'tion M or its equivalent; A notch in the latch with a'right angularout er edge would have to be lifted by handover the projection and would not be as successful infoperatlon.

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The coupling member N. is preferably made in two parts, one of which is shown in perspective by Fig. 5, and these parts are clamped on, the top-rail by bolts passed through bolt holes P in the member N. The extensions Mon the mating members are anranged'to meettogether and to form a catch over which the hook L on the latch I will easily pass when the jstanchion bars are opened and will catch thereon, as shown in V ,Fig. 2, whereby the bars will be securely heldin open position, and an animal such as a. '95

bull, will be prevented from prematurely closing the bars by 'its'hornsfor otherwise.

It is preferable that each of the latches be provided with an opening 0 in its free end between the hooks J and L, so that the person operating the stanchion b using a pointed rod or cane, such as Q in ig. 6, the pointed end of which he can insert in the opening 0, can lift the latch from its catch and turn it over so itmay engage the catch on the opposite side. Frequently these stanchions are used on mangers inside of pens at a distance from the panel where the latches cannot be easily reached by hand.

In such cases this arrangement will be'exceedingly convenient. The rod may be prolatches I and the opening of the stanchion bars by the'animals horns coming in contact with the free endsof the latches. It willbeturther noted that the latch I of itself, and without the aid ofany additional mechanisn'i except the catches K. and M, will alternately hold the stanchion bar in open andin closed' position. The device is extremely simple in its construction and is exceedingly, efficient in operation- If desired a single pivoted stanchion bar may be instead of ap'air, as shown, and other siniilar changesin the construction may be made without departing from the spirit of myin 'e o W .1 lai ii 1; In animal stanchions, a stanchion bar" pivotally supported at its lower end, a horizon'tally disp'osed rail uponwhich the upper end o fth'e stanchion bar is adapted tofslide from one position to another, a catch appliedto the horizo'ntally disposed rail on each of the upper en'd ofthe stanchion I bar, 'a latch pivoted at one end to the upper end of th'e stanchion bar and adapted to be 7 turned over from one side to the other, and oppbsit'ely disposed hooks, on thet'ree end of "said latch having sloping outside edges adapted, asth'e latch is turned over, to automatically slide over and co-act with the op posite catches on the horizontally disposed rail, and without additional mechanism, to alternately lockth'e stanchion bar in [open as well as in closed position. 2. In animal stanchions, a stan'chion'bar pivotally supported I at its lower end, ahorizontally disposed rail upon which the upper end of the stanchion baris adapted toyslide, a la tch having oppositely placed hooks on one end and its otherend pivoted to the upper end of the stanchion bar, so it be turned over its pivot from one side the other, a [coupling fora-n auxiliary meinberapplied to the horizontally disposed rail, "on one side of the stanchion bar,

an extension on said coupling, a catch applied to the rail on the other side of the stanchion bar, one of the hooks on the latch being adapted to co-act with the catch to hold the stanchion bar in closed position and the other hook being adapted to co-act with the extension on the coupling to hold the stanchion bar in open position.

3. In animal stanchions, a stanchion bar pivotally supported at its lower end, a horizontally disposed rail upon which the upper end of the stanchion bar is adapted to slide, latch having oppositely placed hooks on one end and its other end pivoted to the upper end of the stanchion bar, so it may be turned over on its pivot from one side to the other, oppositely located catches applied to said rail and adapted to alternately co-act with: the hooks on the latch, and to alternately hold the stanchion bar in closed and n open position, an opening in the 'end of the latch having the hooks. and

means to insert in said opening from a distance't'o turn the catch over and to disconnect the hooks from the catches.

4. In animal stanchions, a pair of stanchion bars pivotally supported at their lower ends, a horizontally disposed 1 rail uponwhich the upper ends of the stanchion bars are adapted to slide in opposite directions, a pair of latch members having oppositely placed hooks on one end, and the other end of each latch member being pivoted to the upper end of each stanchion bar,

sotlie latches may be turned over on their pivots from one side to the other, a pair of couplings for auxiliary members applied. to the horizontally disposed rail on opposite sides and outside ofthe stanchion bars, an extension on eachof said couplings, a pair of catches applied to the rail between the stanchion bars, one of the hooks on eachof the latches being adapted to, co-ac t with thecatches between the stanchion bars. to hold them in closed positioinand the other hooks being adapted to co-act with the ektensions on the couplings outside of the stanchion bars to hold them in open position. Fairfield, Iowa, January 16,,l922.

ALBERT H. NELLER; 

